As in the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness Stakes — the United Nations Stakes is a horse race. I had no idea the United Nations had a horse race named after it — since 2000 — and I can’t quite seem to figure out why.
For horse-racing fans out there, Presious Passion (no typo there) won the race this year, which takes place in Monmouth, New Jersey.
The winner:
(image from flickr user Linda Dougherty under a Creative Commons license)